Tales of Ancient Egypt (First Folio Society Edition)

Roger Lancelyn Green’s retellings of Egyptian myth, newly illustrated in colour for the Folio Society by Romy Blümel.

Green (1918–87) was an Oxford-educated writer and a friend of C. S. Lewis, and he made his reputation by retelling myth and legend for young readers. Tales of Ancient Egypt was first published by The Bodley Head in 1967 with drawings by Heather Copley. Puffin issued it in 1970 and it has been reprinted for decades, but the Folio edition is the first to give it full colour illustration. Blümel also designed the binding, slipcase and endpapers, so the object is a single piece of design.

First Folio Society edition (first published by The Bodley Head in 1967). Illustrated by Romy Blümel. Octavo. xxx, [iv], 206pp. Frontispiece and six colour illustrations, including a double-page spread, with a double-page colour map. Orange cloth, decorated and lettered in blue, in a patterned blue slipcase. Fine. A clean and bright copy throughout. The slipcase shows a few very minor shelf markings.

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Catalogue Number: HH000951